unraveled thoughts

Think about that certain someone. Not so into that romantic stuff? Well how about the best action film you've seen in recent months? What makes your blood boil? What makes you lose every other thought in your head? Those are the things you should write about.

I learned this one from my days in radio. How do you create an interview everyone will want to listen to, without punching your guest (we'll get to controversy later)? Don't talk. Listen.

This unfortunately requires that the guest is talking. How do you make your guest talk? Ask leading questions. What are leading questions?

Be verbally illustrative: People like novels because their minds create the reality. I remember being in fifth grade and my parents suddenly realized that I was a nerd. To combat that evil they gave me a numerical game to play and a stopwatch to play it with. I had to keep track of how much time I spent reading and being "active".

Conundrum: Friend/Colleague asks you to review a blog, you like it, think it is better than some that you pen, but have no urge to respond. What do you tell them to change? How do you rationalize giving them feedback, when you honestly think it is more engaging/relevant than most of your own postings?